A lot more people lived in the inner-city then, there was tremendous overcrowding of homes; you can understand how disease spread like wildfire. |
First they quarantined a piece of a city - people weren't allowed out of their homes, barricades were erected and police guards were posted - then teams of scavengers, cleaners and fumigators worked their way from home to home. |
I don't know how the authorities can do this more effectively - in the final analysis, we can only rely on government to protect us to a certain point in our lives and the rest is our responsibility. |